Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In a bid to curb extravagant political campaigns, the General Elections Commission (KPU) is set to put a cap on campaign spending for candidates and political parties

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With rifts having developed within political parties following last year's presidential election, a new law on regional elections has introduced a mechanism that allow

Margareth S.

Simon Roughneen, Dili – Just three weeks into his new job, Rui Araujo, East Timor's new prime minister, faces the daunting task of filling the shoes of a national icon, Xanana Gusmao.

Jakarta – Activists on Tuesday criticized Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo's proposal to give $75.8 million to each political party, saying that it would have the opposite effect to that intende

Margareth S.

Hamish McDonald – Just about everyone following last year's elections in Indonesia got hooked by the beguiling Jokowi story: the Javanese boy raised in a squatter home on the banks of a

Margareth S.

Hotman Siregar & Robertus Wardhy, Jakarta – The rift dividing Indonesia's oldest political party, Golkar, continued to widen as two rival factions drew different interpretations of a verdict is

Margareth S.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN), should strengthen its political appeal under new chairman Zulkifli Hasan and take advantage of the ongoing identity crises that other Indo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Yustinus Paat, Nusa Dua, Bali/Jakarta – Zulkifli Hasan, the newly elected chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN), asserted on Monday that his party would stay i

Mong Palatino – East Timor's new prime minister, Dr Rui Maria de Araujo, appealed for unity as a way to build a more inclusive and tolerant society.

Margareth S.

Margareth S.

Margareth S.

Dili – East Timor Monday inaugurated a new prime minister at the head of a unity government, as it seeks to hand power to the next generation of leaders more than a decade after gaining independenc

Jakarta – Former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Wiranto has been unanimously reelected chairman of the Hanura Party and will lead the party until 2020.

Kandhi Barnes, Dili, East Timor – Opposition party member Rui Maria de Araujo was sworn in Monday as East Timor's prime minister, leading a smaller 38-member Cabinet for the half-island nation.

Haeril Halim and Margareth S.

Jakarta – The Golkar Party appears no closer to ending the most serious rift in its 50-year history, with two rival factions continuing to wage a battle for the leadership of Indonesia's grand old

Tom Allard – In the annals of East Timor's extraordinary emergence as a nation state after 500 years of foreign domination, no figure has loomed as large as Xanana Gusmao.

Randy Fabi – East Timor's independence hero and out-going prime minister Xanana Gusmao will stay in the cabinet as investment minister, the government said on Wednesday, raising questions about the

East Timor's president has chosen former health minister Rui Araujo to be the new prime minister of the country, the government says.

After leading East Timor since independence, Xanana Gusmao has resigned as PM, paving the way for a government overhaul.

Dili – East Timor's president is expected to decide on a new prime minister by the end of this week after accepting the resignation of independence hero Xanana Gusmao, the government said in a stat

East Timor's president Taur Matan Ruak has accepted Xanana Gusmao's resignation as prime minister, leaving the former resistance fighter to wind down his celebrated career.

Jakarta – Media magnate Hary Tanoesoedibjo on Saturday launched to great fanfare a new political party called the United Indonesia Party (Perindo).

Margareth S.

Marcelino Pereira, Jakarta – Timor Leste's prime minister and independence hero Xanana Gusmao has resigned, the government said on Friday, but a successor has yet to be chosen.

Gantry Meliana, Dili, East Timor – East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmao resigned as prime minister Friday, stepping down ahead of an expected restructuring of the government next week.

Tom Allard – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has offered his resignation to the country's president, paving the way for a new government that will share power among the country's usually

Margareth S.

Margareth S.

Marcelino Pereira, Dili – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is meeting the president this week to discuss a possible government restructuring, sending perhaps the strongest signal yet that

Jakarta – A court has thrown out a challenge to tycoon Aburizal Bakrie's leadership of the Golkar Party, dealing a blow to the reformist faction led by Agung Laksono.

Ina Parlina and Margareth S.

Ezra Sihite, Kennial Caroline Laia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo on Thursday met with his former rival and opposition leader Prabowo Subianto, which analysts say c

Sara Everingham – East Timor's government is undergoing a restructure with the country's prime minister Xanana Gusmao likely to announce his retirement from the role within weeks.

Daniel Flitton – East Timor's independence hero and former guerrilla fighter Xanana Gusmao has told colleagues he will resign as Prime Minister in the next fortnight.

Jakarta – Analysts and politicians have called for President Joko Widodo to break away from his political patron, Megawati Soekarnoputri, after a politician in the Indonesian Democratic Party of St

Jakarta – Negotiations between two conflicting camps in the Golkar Party were deadlocked on Thursday, and the two sides have agreed to settle the conflict in court.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Tuesday ratified into law an emergency government regulation that restores direct elections of regional leaders in Indonesia.

Margareth S.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) will organize 204 simultaneous local elections this year following the endorsement by the House of Representatives of government

Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – House Commission II for home affairs has approved a presidential regulation in lieu of law that reinstates direct regional elections in Indonesia.

Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri announced her own appointment on Saturday as the chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle for another five-year term, extending her

Margareth S.

Jakarta – Political observers are predicting the National Mandate Party's congress, scheduled for Feb.

An interview with Allan Nairn on Indonesia and Guatemala